Notes on an Extra Special Tax Day
Tax Day hits this year with a heavy punch. Because of a plunging economy, far-reaching federal government economic programs and hot discussions about state ballot propositions, taxes are foremost on the people’s mind.
With TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party rallies scheduled around the state and across the nation, the heat has been turned up another notch. What will the tax day events be like? We expect to have reports on a couple of TEA Party events in Fox and Hounds tomorrow.
And, you can bet state accountants are eagerly anticipating those last minute checks postmarked today, hoping to stem the tide of dropping revenue that have been projected by the Finance Department and the State Controller.
The State of California Owes Me Money
INVOICE
From: Joe Mathews
To: State Controller
CC: The Legislature, the Governor
Re: Unpaid Wages And Back Pay
Please consider this my bill for $7786 in unpaid wages and back pay for my work as a California lawmaker.
Yes, I know we have a highly professional, full-time legislature, but those guys keep kicking the toughest decisions about laws and constitutional amendments to me. They can’t even pass a budget these days without putting six measures on the ballot and calling a special election. And big interest groups and rich guys keep throwing things on the ballot for me to decide too.
Main Street Menace of the Week: SB 810 (Leno) – Government Run Healthcare
While the legislature is in session, the National Federation of Independent Business/California will be profiling anti-small business bills and the adverse effect they would have on California’s job creators. This is the second column of that series.
"I’m from the government and I’m here to help." Just hearing those words strikes fear in the hearts of hardworking small business owners everywhere. In California it is especially frightening, given the number of onerous regulations, soaring costs, and other burdens that are regularly heaped upon the plates of small businesses. Add to that the financial crisis facing the state with foreclosed homes, rising unemployment, and a growing state deficit, and government is not seen as a savior by most right now.
So in the middle of all this our legislature is once again considering yet another "law of unintended consequences", Senate Bill 810 (Leno), which would turn over our already-stressed healthcare system to an incapable, if not absentee, caretaker: our state government bureaucracy.